Jody Christopherson's GREENCARD WEDDING Premieres Tonight at HERE

By: Nov. 29, 2017
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Jody Christopherson's GREENCARD WEDDING Premieres Tonight at HERE

Goode Productions (with Associate Producer Meredith Packer) will present the World Premiere of Greencard Wedding, an indie rock musical written by Jody Christopherson co-directed by Morgan Zipf-Meister at HERE (145 Avenue of the Americas, entrance on Dominick Street, one block south of Spring Street), tonight, November 29, through December 20, 2017.

Greencard Wedding will run in rep with the World Premiere of Jody Christopherson's AMP, directed by Isaac Byrne. Both productions are a part of SubletSeries@HERE: a curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as well as technical support.

Brooklyn 2012, where you can be whatever you want. . . until your visa expires. Inspired by a true, bittersweet love story of one band's artistic triumph via technology and music, Greencard Wedding is part rock concert, part Skype film featuring notable locations in the New York indie rock scene. This multi-media indie rock musical speaks to how we define ourselves as artists, the politics of immigration, and artist visa regulations. Performed in English and some Gaelic. Wedding cake served to all audience members.

Greencard Wedding is performed by the critically acclaimed Irish/American duo Jody Christopherson (The Other Mozart) and Ryan McCurdy (Diana Oh's {my lingerie play} at Rattlestick) with filmed appearances by Morgan Zipf-Meister and David Anzuelo and music by Jody Christopherson, Ryan McCurdy, Adam Swiderski (of SuperMajor), and David Anzuelo. The production Dialect Coach isChloe Dirksen.

Performances will run Wednesday, November 29 at 8:30pm, Thursday, November 30 at 8:30pm, Friday, December 1 at 8:30pm, Saturday, December 2 at 8:30pm, Sunday, December 3 at 4pm, Saturday, December 9 at 4pm, Tuesday, December 12 at 8:30pm, Thursday, December 14 at 8:30pm, Saturday, December 16 at 8:30pm, and Wednesday, December 20 at 8:30pm. Tickets ($35) are available in advance at www.here.org or by calling 212-352-3101. For more about the show, go to www.greencardwedding.com.

Jody Christopherson (Writer/Performer) is a performer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in New York. Recent works include; Greencard Wedding, (writer/performer/filmmaker) a multi-media rock musical about artist visas, (recently presented by: The Studios of Key West, The Brick Theater in Brooklyn NY, FilmGate Miami at the Miami Light Project, Dixon Place (New York), Carrie Morris Performing Arts in Detroit MI), Because You Are Good, a solo show, devised and performed by Ms. Christopherson, based on interviews with Mabou Mines Associate Clove Galilee, (2015 Innovative Theater Award Nomination) and Necessary Exposure: The Female Playwright Project, (conceptual artist/photographer) a photography and sound installation in art galleries and on Itunes. Additional acting credits include; a critically acclaimed performance as Nannerl Mozart in the award winning monodrama,The Other Mozart, The Reenactors by Juliana Francis Kelley dir by Tony Torn at Abrons Art Center, Lincoln Center Film Society, The Kitchen, The Public Theater, Classic Stage Company, Actors Theater of Louisville, Nebraska Repertory, Performance Space122, The Bushwick Starr, Ensemble Studio Theater, IRT, Working Theater. Ms. Christopherson is the creator of newyorktheatrereview.blogspot.com, a contributor to The Huffington Post, and has been a teaching artist at The Orchard Project, a speaker at Mason Gross School of the Arts and New York Mensa. Member: Actors Equity Association, Dramatist Guild of America. jodychristopherson.wixsite.com/jodychristopherson

GOODE PRODUCTIONS (Producer) has been producing New Works for over a decade. Led by Martha Goode, the company believes that the fostering of emerging artists is integral to the future of the arts in our country. Producer credits include Broadway: The Miracle Worker (Circle in the Square, associate producer); Regional: The Rime (at The Virginia Arts Festival), Greencard Wedding (The Studios of Key West, Carrie Morris Performing Art Center in Detroit MI, best actor Fringe Arts Detroit and The Allways Lounge in New Orleans LA); New York: Anaïs Nin Goes to Hell, Sweet, Sweet Spirit, Parts of Parts & Stitches, Costa Rehab, Barrier Island, A Home Across the Ocean and Good Lonely People (with Manhattan Theatre Works); Wanda's Monster (with New York City Children's Theater); To Barcelona!, The Riverside Symphony, Eli and Cheryl Jump, Don't Do Drugs (with Crosstown Playwrights); The Stranger to Kindness (Winner Best Production, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity); The Violet Hour (with Active Theater); and Training Wisteria (New York International Fringe Festival). Member of APAP. www.goodeproductionsnyc.com

Pictured: Greencard Wedding featuring Jody Christopherson & Ryan McCurdy. Photo by Michael Niederman.



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